(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union through its president, Macky Sall, has called on European countries to return Africa’s artefacts in their possession. Mr Sall mentioned this in his speech at the ongoing EU-AU summit in Brussels. He said the restitution of African works remains a matter of high priority, because they are part of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Driven by its resolve to build a stronger and more resilient health systems in Africa, the European Investment (EIB), has promised to support the sector with € 500 million. The EIB is the long-term lending institution of the European Union (EU) owned by its Member States. It makes long-term finance available for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Sara Nyanti, has strongly condemned killing of a nurse in South Sudan, working with an international aid organisation. Nyanti, in a statement, condemned the continued violence across the country, which is affecting the safety of civilians and humanitarian workers, constraining humanitarian access, and disrupting the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burkina Faso strongman Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president on Wednesday, just over three weeks after he led a coup to topple elected head of state Roch Marc Christian Kabore. In a televised ceremony, Damiba swore an oath before the country’s top constitutional body to “preserve, respect, uphold and defend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN senior official in Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council on Tuesday that some 7.7 million Somalis require humanitarian assistance in 2022, with 4.3 million impacted by drought and more than 270,000 displaced. Swan, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), told the Council […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local authorities on Tuesday reported that militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four in an early morning raid on a village in Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Sector chief Innocent Matukadala said attackers stormed the village of Syeri Aberkozo just before dawn, hacking residents with machetes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund on Monday announced an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries to put the SDGs back on track. UN, in a statement, stated that Kenya, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Suriname and Zimbabwe were selected from proposals submitted by more than 100 countries, as being the most impactful and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian community, under the aegis of Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), on Saturday reiterated its call on the South African and Nigerian governments to stop extra-judicial killings in that country. According to a statement from Pretoria by Mr Collins Mgbo, President of NUSA, two Nigerians were on Friday Feb. 11, 2022, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 325 million dollars in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2003, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled. ICJ stated this in a statement issued after delivering a judgment between the two countries from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s on Thursday escaped an assassination attempt when assailants struck his car with bullets. A source close to him said he escaped unharmed amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. The source said the incident happened as Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Court of Justice will on Wednesday rule over a Uganda reparation bill to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo’s resource-rich Ituri province. Uganda was initially asked to pay 11 billion dollars in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ICJ, the United Nations’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN says death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 21, with more than 62,000 men, women and children displaced in Madagascar. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General said this on Tuesday while giving update on the situation in Madagascar at the UN headquarters in New York. The cyclone is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least five people on Tuesday sustained injuries when a cargo plane crashed while landing at Agok Airstrip in the Abyei Administrative Area disputed between the border of Sudan and South Sudan. Kuol Diem Kuol, Chief Administrator of Abyei Administrative Area, told Xinhua that the Antonov 26 plane, owned by the Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received a comprehensive report on the coup attempt to remove President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau. African Examiner reports that the attempted coup was, however, not successful as it was aborted by loyalist forces. The Nigerian leader was briefed on the sidelines of the African Union Summit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, says Africa is “a source of hope” for the world, highlighting the examples of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the decade of financial and economic inclusion for African women. Guterres also said that in the last 20 years, the African Union (AU) “has helped to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a relentless digging operation, rescuers in northern Morocco on Saturday retrieved the body of a 5-year-old boy who had been trapped deep inside a well for five days, the country’s state news agency MAP said. The child, named Rayan, was officially declared dead shortly after his extraction from the well, according […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, stated that he would remain committed to protecting and lifting the poor and vulnerable from the poverty cycle till the end of his tenure in 2023. The President gave the assurance while he spoke at the virtual official presentation of the Country Review […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Tuesday, repeated gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. As of the time of filing this report, it is not yet clear those responsible for the gunfire, as soldiers are said to have surrounded the building where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is reportedly presiding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union (AU) has suspended the membership of Burkina Faso’s after the coup that took place in the country. The AU stated that the suspension would be effective until constitutional order is brought back in the country. “Council decides in line with the relevant AU instruments to suspend the participation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six people died on Monday when a minibus was destroyed by a roadside bomb during an ambush by armed men in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police have said. The assailants opened fire on the 14-seater vehicle after it ran over the explosive device about eight kilometres (five miles) from […]
